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Crude Oil

Putin Orders Seizure of Exxon-led Sakhalin 1 Oil and Gas Project

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Friday that establishes a new operator for the Exxon Mobil Corp-led Sakhalin-1 oil and gas project in Russia…

Oil Refinery

France Struggles with Refinery Strikes, but Not Planning Petrol Rationing

More than a fifth of France's service stations were grappling with supply problems on Saturday as strikes at refineries run by oil majors TotalEnergies and Exxo…

Smart Grid

Iberdrola Inks €220M Top-Up Loan with EU Bank for Smart Grids in Spain

The loan increase, which brings the total to around €820m, will support the development, modernisation and digitalisation of Iberdrola’s electricity distribut…

United States

GE Will Cut 20% of U.S. Onshore Wind Workforce

General Electric (GE) has notified staff that it plans to lay off about 20% of the workforce in its U.S. onshore wind business.

Wind Farm

BP to Triple Offshore Wind Farm Workforce as It Seeks to Reach Green Goals

Oil major aims to reach about 800 employees in the business unit next year

Carbon Emissions

Companies Are Not Reporting Financial Risks of Emissions, US Study Finds

No company disclosed all the information recommended by Climate Action 100+ to get the world’s biggest polluters to address climate change

Energy Storage Project

Grid Booster: World’s Largest Storage-as-Transmission Project Gets Green Light

Fluence Energy and TransnetBW have announced future deployment of the Grid Booster project, touted as the world’s largest battery-based energy storage-as-trans…

Offshore Wind Power

RWE Bids for Offshore Wind Seabed Permit in Poland

Poland is going ahead with its offshore wind build-out programme by starting a competitive process for an offshore wind seabed permit within 53.E1 area in the P…

Nuclear Power Plant

France Considers Boosting Uranium Enrichment Capacity To Cut Reliance On Russia

France is looking to boost its capacity for uranium enrichment to help itself and its allies reduce reliance on Russia.

Petition Grows Against Coca-Cola as COP27 Sponsor

The company has been labelled the world’s largest plastic polluter in the past

Carbon Emissions

Tokyo Scientists Announce Breakthrough In CO2 Conversion Tech

Scientists at the Tokyo Institute of Technology have developed a new photocatalyst for CO2 reduction.

Energy Storage Technology

Sustainable Energy Storage Derived From Seaweed

Finding suitable energy storage solutions saves surplus energy from becoming waste and has a positive environmental impact by generating a cleaner, greener ener…

Natural Gas

PepsiCo to Make Cheetos and Lay's Chips Using Dutch Green Electricity

PepsiCo on Friday announced plans to phase out use of natural gas at a factory in the Netherlands and adopt a system based on renewable electricity.

Energy Transition

RWE Commits to Early Coal Phase-Out, but at What Cost?

RWE has committed to ending lignite-based electricity generation in 2030, eight years ahead of schedule.

Smart Grid

Marine Energy Smart Grid Pilot Enters Next Test Phase

A smart grid controller designed to integrate ocean and other energy resources and regulate their distribution is going into full-scale testing.